Demountable sleeping balcony



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' INVENTOB, Jasep 676722272 mug/Ag WW ATTbRNEY a, Patented 3 its JOSEPH cnrriron WILLIAMS, F LOS nivenLns, CALIFORN A DEMOUNTABLE SLEEPING BALCONY Application filed January 14, 1928. Serial 110,246,780.

This invention relates to sleeping equipment and more'especially to window beds of the type set forth in my Patent No. 1,575,241, of March 2,1926, and which shows a wall- .window bed havinga main section to be passed wholly through a given window and including end sections extensible to form a full'length-bed while supported outside of the window.

The present invention has for an object to-provide a demountable wall-window bed and balcony structure.

A further object is to provide bracket means adapted to be readily superposed on a conventional window sill, and present eX- terior I bracket elements to receive a demountablebed structure; and, further, to providea bed structure and trundle carriage cooperative in a manner to receive the bed; as 1t 1s drawn in from the balcony, and

transport it to any suitable location, as for concealment in a closet or a wall recess, or elsewhere.

There are numerous other objects, advantages and features of-construction, combination and details of manner of operation, and elements and parts as will be made manifest in the ensuing description of the herewith illustrative embodiment; it being understood that modifications, variations and adaptations may be resorted to within the spirit, scope and principle of the invention as it is more directly claimed hereinafter.

, Figure 1 is a plan of the bed extended out .of the window opening, with the front, main balcony panel laid-flat in position prior to its unfolding, showing one end panel hung on the wall face. 7 V

Figure 2 is a vertical, transverse section of a wall, througha window opening, and an end elevation of the erected, balcony bed. Figure 3 is a detail cross-section of the awning cave frame and a cooperative'hook part of the front panel.

Figure 4 is a detail section of means interlocking the bed frame and a bracket arm. Figureh is a cross-section of the arm lock. Figure 6 is a plan of one end of the cave frame and showing interset balcony wing panels'and a safety lock means. i

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic plan of the entended, sectional front panel and cooperatlvewing parts.

b igure 8 is a front elevation of theerected means of the panel end sections and the awning'eave frame.

Figure 10 is a vertical section of the wall:

and illustrates the transfer of the closed bed H unit from the balcony. brackets inwardly onto the trundle carriage.

Figure 11 is a perspective of the carriage. Figure 12 is a detail of carriage lock means.

The general object of my present inventionable bedout to a horizontal position wholly outside of the window, all by apparatus and manner as follows, I

A wall WV has a window opening 0 for the sashes S above the sill A.

A feature of the invention consists of a pair of window brackets 2 having top hooked ends3 which are designed to'bear vertically down upon the-sill A and thus transferthe load of=the parts straight down upon thewall stud B. The brackets are bowed over the lipof thesilland hang straight down against the outside face of the wall and since the load is placed by the hooks 3 vertically down onthe sillA there is little or no bending moment on the sill andwall. i

The hook 3 of each bracket is upwardly stepped over the sill stool G and inturned to clear it and bear against the apron D, .and so may be padded. Each hook 3 presents :an open channel atthe upper part and the bracket-2 has, near its lower part, a pivot 4 carrying the lower end, of a swinging arm5, which,

when free, is pulled up to the bracket2 by a contractive spring- 6, connected to these parts. The upper end of each arm 5 has a flatted trunnion pin 7 ,(Fig. 4;) and these trunnions turnably interlock in sockets 8 provided on the end frame-bars 10 of a main bed, frameioo Figure9 is a detail sectionof interlocking solidly connected by a transverse handle-bar 12 which firmly seats in notches 13 therefor in the nibs of the hooks 3.

Thus the bed frame section 11 is supported at each end by engagement of its bars with th arms 5 and the hook seats 13.

At the upper end corners of the main bed section 11 are pairs of hinges l l and on each coaxial pair is hung a bed end section 15, or 16, which are foldable in over the mattress covered springs 17 of the section 11. The sec tions 16 have springs 18. N hen the bed structure is to be moved out through or in through the window'opening O the end sections 1516 are folded in over the main section 11 so as to permit the shifting ofthe bed across the sill. After the bed has been adjusted out of the window, on the carrying arms 5, the ends 1516 are unfolded to full length bed, and beingcoplanar with the main section '11. i

Guard means to protect an occupant of the extended bed includes a main front grille panel 20 hinged at 21 to the top of the bed section 11 and foldable down to lie between the main section and the overfolded end sections 15-16, Fig. 10. y

This front panel 20' carries end leaves 2122 hinged at 23 on its ends. The leaves areunfoldable to theplane of the vertically set panel 20, as in Fig. 8, and then engage stops 2 1 on the outer corners of the bed end sections.

When the leaves 21-22 are unfolded they are interlocked by top hooks 25 to the contiguousawning eave frame 26 which is permanently attached by brackets 27, Fig. 6, to the wall W- For further safety the top of the panel 20 has one or more lugs 28, Figs. 2 and 3, to bear down on the cave 26 for support while at the same time the bed section 11 is interlocked on the trunnions 7.

After the sectional guard grille 20-21-22 has been set up along the front of the bed then end guard grille wings 30-31 are stepped on pin brackets 32 fixed on'the wall Win proper relative position to the bed ends, engaging the stop 24:.

As a further safety factor the ends of the bed handle bar 12 are well extended beyond the bracket hooks 3 to overlap the frame of the window as seen in Fig. 1, so that even if the handle bar should slip from its seat 13 the bar could not pass out of the window.

From the above it will be seen that the carrying brackets 2 with their arms 3 are safely, but removably, hung on the window sill entirely without temporary or fixed fastening form an enclosure means, and that the bed frame structure with its guards can be compactly folded up and bodily passed out or in through a window opening of average size as often or for any reason as desired. However, the combined brackets, arms, bed and guards, and awning eave all cooperate to form an ornate, substantial balcony and bed which, being made of heavy metal parts, may be left in place outside of the window as an apparent fixture.

F r privacy, suitable awning top, walls and bottom, (not shown) are employed to about the bed. There walls are disposed against the inside face of the grille guards.

v When dismounted from the window the collapsed or folded up bed and guard parts form a portable unit, and to facilitate the i'novement of this to and from the window and to and from a recess, closet or other place of disposition I provide a trundle carriage having braced side legs 35 having at the top a cross rod 36 forming a hanger and so disposed that a pair of claws 37 Fig. 10, fixed on the bot-tom bars 10, of the bed,cooperate there with to form hearings on which the bed unit may be tilted from a vertical position (dotted lines, Fig. 10) to a nearly horizontal position in the open window of the wall W. W hen the bed is pushed to the window and tilted by the handle 12 the bed sockets 8 register perfectly with the arm trunnions 7. It is then only necessary to push the bed 11 slightly forward to disengage the claws 37 from the hanger 36 the load now being mostly supported on the arms 5. The carriage is now shifted away enough to permit the handle to drop down onto its seats 13 in the bracket hook ends.

The carriage legs 35 have front stile panels 38 hinged at 39 to fold out in parallel relation and permit a hinged brace board 40 to swing down and lock the stiles in open position to increase the base spread of casters d1 bearing the carriage to form a stable support for the imposed load of the bed unit. The front edges of the stiles 38 have notches 42 which receive the handle 12 when the unit is tilted to vertical position on the hanger 36.

The "our-pose of the foldable trundle carriage is to permit the stiles 38 to be closely,

folded up and the carriage set out of the way when not carrying the bed unit.

The unfolded brace board 40 interlocks by suitable means, as pin-and-socket devices 43, Fig. 12, to the open stiles.

As a precaution the balcony end wings 30.31-may be securely locked to the awning eave frame by pad-locks 50.

vllliat is claimed is: v I

1. A sleeping balcony bed including a pair of independent bracke s to hang exterior of a windowed wall and having top hook ends to lie unsecured on the sill of the window, arms pivoted at their, lower ends on the brackets to swing out from the book ends,

and a bed structure having means interlock ing and cooperative with the arms to beshifted outward thereby andv having unattached bearing means on the said top ends of p the brackets.

2. A. sleeping balcony bed including a pair of independent brackets having top book ends applicable to a window sill to bear vertically thereon, arms pivoted at their lower ends on the brackets, a bed structure having a horizontal movement thereof with the sup- 1 port arms. 7

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members engageable with the tops of the arms and having means for interlocking engagement with the tops of the arms and movable outwardly therewith.

3. A sleeping balcony bed including a pair of brackets which are independent and mountable on the top of a window sill and are free thereof, a bed structure mountable on andhaving bearings registering with the tops of theibrackets, and arms pivoted at their lower ends on the brackets and spring means combined with a fixed part and the arms and operative to pull them up to ineffective position said arms having means interlocking with and operative to shift the bed to a position outside of the window sill.

4. A sleeping balcony bed including a pair of independent brackets to hang exterior of a windowed wall and having top hook ends to lie on the sill of the window, arms pivoted at their lower ends on the'brackets to swing out from the hook ends, and a bed structure having means engageable and cooperative with the arms to be shifted outward thereby and having bearings on the said top ends of the brackets, and means for limiting the outward movement of the bed and arms to effective position. I

5. A sleeping balcony bed including a pair of independent brackets to hang exterior of a windowed wall and having top book ends to lie on the sill of the window, arms pivoted at their lower ends on the brackets toswing out from the book ends, and a bed structure having means interchangeable and cooperative with the arms to be shifted outward thereby and having bearings 011 said top ends of the brackets; said bed structure includ- 1 ing a central section having end bars whose inner ends conform to the top hook ends of the braces and have a cross member of greater length than the width of the relative window parts, said bed and said rolling means hav- 

